Abstract

ASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS? CREATIVE THINKING, DISPOSITION AND COMMITMENT ON STUDENTS? ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS IN ABEOKUTA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OGUN STATE

Johnson Oluwasaanumi Olabode and Ajani Temitope Oladokun

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The future of any nation depends on the quality of its educational system which in turn depends on the effectiveness and quality of the teachers. This study assesses teachers? creative thinking, disposition and commitment on students? achievement in mathematics in Abeokuta North of Ogun State. The study adopted survey research design type. The population for this study comprises all SSSII Mathematics teachers and students in both Public Secondary Schools and Private Secondary Schools. A Multi stage sampling technique was used to select 32 mathematics teachers and 200 students to participate in the study. Four validated instruments were used for this study. The data collected was analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Multiple Regression. The result shows that significant difference was found between creative thinking and teachers? experience (F (4, 195) = 3.089, P< 0.05). Also, findings reveals that there is significant difference in teachers? commitment based of year of teaching experience and students? achievement in mathematics (F (4, 195) = 3.751, P< 0.05. The findings further show that teachers? creative thinking, disposition, and commitment statistically and significantly predict students? achievement in mathematics (F (3, 196) = 34.957, P< .050.) Based on the findings, it is recommended that mathematics teachers should improve on their creative thinking and commitment through positive disposition to enhance students? performance in mathematics at all levels. Keywords: Teacher Creative Thinking, Disposition, commitment, Achievement in Mathematics.

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